Organisations need more suggestions on employing young people like a hole in the head, says Peter Honey. But one last piece of advice won’t hurt
Many years ago when I was a graduate applying for jobs, I wrote an...

It’s up to managers to harness employees’ biological and neurochemical hunt for personal meaning, says Susanne Jacobs
I listened to Desert Island Discs recently, one of my favourite programmes because it allows...

Auto-enrolment and the end of annuities have changed the landscape for workplace savers, says Robert Jeffery. And HR needs to be part of a new conversation
If you’ve kept reading this far, congratulations. After...

They're integral to the performance management process, says Jan Hills, but how reliable are the people doing the measuring?
There is an enormous amount of debate about performance management and the whole question...

But consensus does not extend to how it should be tackled, says Duncan Brown
Another week, another call for executive pay restraint. The Financial Times reported recently that business minister Vince Cable will be calling...

Lessons learned over 40 years ago have stood Iain Mackinnon’s career in good stead
It’s 40 years ago this week that I did my first paid work. I was a temporary clerk in Surrey County Council’s motor tax...

If you want pioneering staff you need to rethink the way you incentivise them, says Duncan Brown
Innovation certainly does lurk beyond the c-suite, as Grace Lewis pointed out in her recent PM opinion piece .
And in...

With busyness declared the enemy of success, Jan Hills asks: could unconscious thinking be the next business trend?
Most people I know wear their busyness as a badge of honour. But in 2014 a number of high profile people...

Accidentally sending out hundreds of LinkedIn requests could be the push you need to boost your networking skills
It’s the ultimate social networking horror story. She claims she doesn’t know how she did it...